Which reminds me of that movie Back To The Future. In that movie, the "present" of the main character's family is significantly changed for the better because the character's father {as a teenager} faced a challenge and {as I recall it} confronted a bully instead of wimping out.

Is it worth wondering how today's folk scene/s would have been different {better?} if certain challenges were faced differently?

For instance, in the Philly Folk Festival thread thread.cfm?threadid=113341&messages=33#2418046 I posted a comment asking whether there were a significant number of non-White attendees at that folk festival and if not, whether people knew of any USA or British folk festival where there were a significant number of Black and other non-White attendees.

I wonder what, if anything, could have been done differently so that "folk music" wouldn't be considered by many non-White people {imo} to be "White music".